Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 10:49     Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:I don't give a flying fig if someone SAHs, WOHMS, breastfeeds or formula-feeds, and I can't even imagine why other people do care. Insecurity?


slow clap

do what works best for you. People are completely insecure about their own choices, hence feel the need to judge others.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 10:19     Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think stay home dads are pathetic. Sorry -- not PC but that's my opinion. A dude who is content to wipe butts all day while his wife brings home all the bacon is not much of a man in my eyes; I can see one spouse taking an "easier" job when kids are young but a man opting out entirely just doesn't sit well.

Worse yet are the SAHDs who whine like women about how hard it is to have 2 young kids at home . . . you're a dude who is getting the mortgage paid, roll with it . . . .


Same with SAHMs. Fulltime parenting is nothing but a cop out for people who are too lazy to work. And they raise selfish, bored, entitled kids.


I think it's sad that some working parents think this way. So, working parents that think this way think that a parent shouldn't stay home to take care of their own children, but it's okay to pay a stranger or strangers a low wage to take care of their kids? It doesn't make sense. If you want to pay someone to watch your children during the day, that's fine, but to look down on parents that choose to stay home to take care of their kids is strange to me. It's like saying there is something wrong with being a parent in itself.


+1
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 10:18     Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
I don't give a flying fig if someone SAHs, WOHMS, breastfeeds or formula-feeds, and I can't even imagine why other people do care. Insecurity?
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 10:13     Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think stay home dads are pathetic. Sorry -- not PC but that's my opinion. A dude who is content to wipe butts all day while his wife brings home all the bacon is not much of a man in my eyes; I can see one spouse taking an "easier" job when kids are young but a man opting out entirely just doesn't sit well.

Worse yet are the SAHDs who whine like women about how hard it is to have 2 young kids at home . . . you're a dude who is getting the mortgage paid, roll with it . . . .


Same with SAHMs. Fulltime parenting is nothing but a cop out for people who are too lazy to work. And they raise selfish, bored, entitled kids.


I think it's sad that some working parents think this way. So, working parents that think this way think that a parent shouldn't stay home to take care of their own children, but it's okay to pay a stranger or strangers a low wage to take care of their kids? It doesn't make sense. If you want to pay someone to watch your children during the day, that's fine, but to look down on parents that choose to stay home to take care of their kids is strange to me. It's like saying there is something wrong with being a parent in itself.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 10:06     Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You can be single, never married, and happy.


I think this becomes less true the older a person gets. Maybe some people can be happy being single their whole lives, but I think by the time you hit your late 40's/early 50's, you get lonely. Most people by that age have settled down with someone and/or had kids and you end up being the "extra" person at holiday get-togethers. Your parents may have died and your siblings have their own lives and families. Your friends are busy/tied down/too tired to make plans. You are getting set in your ways. Let's face it, by middle age, you are probably not having a huge social life. You are not hitting the town every weekend or going on a big hiking or skiing trip. You are probably just hanging out at home with your pets.


Not necessarily. I'm an only child and an introvert. I have been alone for periods of my life but have never, ever felt "lonely." (Currently I'm married to an extravert, and I think my kids are all extraverts as well.) I also know people who are single, never married, and happy who are NOT introverts--they have a huge swath of loyal friends. So I agree with the original quote, even though we're in the minority apparently.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 09:29     Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it's very possible to have a safe, happy, middle class existence in P.G. County.


Are you Caucasian?


Not PP, but there are plenty of places with Caucasians in pg. Cheverly comes to mind.


Bowie, hyattsville, university park, college park, mitchelleville all come to mind.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 09:18     Subject: Re:Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think that people of color who don't think that Redskins is offensive missed the entire point of the civil rights movement.


Which was to have freedom from discrimination in employment, places of business, and housing. Not sure it had anything to do with football mascots, per se. That kind of started with an NCAA crackdown, but somehow the ridiculously racist Seminole mascot and tomahawk chop still exist.


It is my understanding that when the Florida's Women College was reinvented to become Florida State University, FSU sought tand received the approval from the Seminole Nation to use the name as the mascot.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 08:33     Subject: Re:Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't believe In 98% of psychology or what is in the dsm. I think it's a farce. I think it pathologizes eccentricities, quirks, and normal variations in humans.


I totally agree.


Yes. Like intermittent explosive disorder. Please. Completely made up. I could go on and on.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 07:21     Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think stay home dads are pathetic. Sorry -- not PC but that's my opinion. A dude who is content to wipe butts all day while his wife brings home all the bacon is not much of a man in my eyes; I can see one spouse taking an "easier" job when kids are young but a man opting out entirely just doesn't sit well.

Worse yet are the SAHDs who whine like women about how hard it is to have 2 young kids at home . . . you're a dude who is getting the mortgage paid, roll with it . . . .


Same with SAHMs. Fulltime parenting is nothing but a cop out for people who are too lazy to work. And they raise selfish, bored, entitled kids.


Totally agree. A completely selfish choice.
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I think it's selfish to toss your children into the arms of strangers to raise.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 06:58     Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:I don't like all the categories on DCUM. I think it would be much more fun to have a lot of these categories (this one, books, etc.) all merged so that it's more of a pot pourri experience. I guess I read this primarily for amusement rather than enlightenment.


Try "Recent Topics"
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 06:34     Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think stay home dads are pathetic. Sorry -- not PC but that's my opinion. A dude who is content to wipe butts all day while his wife brings home all the bacon is not much of a man in my eyes; I can see one spouse taking an "easier" job when kids are young but a man opting out entirely just doesn't sit well.

Worse yet are the SAHDs who whine like women about how hard it is to have 2 young kids at home . . . you're a dude who is getting the mortgage paid, roll with it . . . .


Same with SAHMs. Fulltime parenting is nothing but a cop out for people who are too lazy to work. And they raise selfish, bored, entitled kids.


Totally agree. A completely selfish choice.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 06:06     Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Will I get bashed??!! Will I care??

1). I believe that the decision to choose an abortion should be between a woman, God and her M.D.

2). I believe that there is a fine line between spanking and abuse. I believe if more children were spanked, we would have less self-entitlement issues with our younger generation today.

3). I believe that breeding cats and dogs should be banned until animal shelters are empty.

4). I believe that guns should be banned in the United States.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 05:04     Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
I don't like all the categories on DCUM. I think it would be much more fun to have a lot of these categories (this one, books, etc.) all merged so that it's more of a pot pourri experience. I guess I read this primarily for amusement rather than enlightenment.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 04:54     Subject: Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
I don't give a flying duck about saving for college.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 01:37     Subject: Re:Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't believe In 98% of psychology or what is in the dsm. I think it's a farce. I think it pathologizes eccentricities, quirks, and normal variations in humans.


I totally agree.


+1. I don't agree how the answer to 98% of issues on this site can be -- therapy. I'm sorry but sometimes you just have to work through problems or learn to live with them knowing the "new normal" sucks and will be nothing like what you had in the past; talking to a stranger or popping pills is not the answer. Sure maybe it's necessary for BIG BIG issues but general unhappiness and stress happens to everyone and running off to therapy is a waste of money.

I'm also one of the ones who thinks that people who go into psychology or MDs who decide to specialize in psychiatry have issues of their own.